FUNKCIONALNA NESPOSOBNOST STARIJIH OSOBA KAO ČINITELJ RIZIKA ZA IZLOŽENOST NASILJU U OBITELJI. (Croatian)

FUNCTIONAL (IN)CAPABILITY OF THE ELDERLY AS A RISK FACTOR OF EXPOSURE TO FAMILY VIOLENCE. (English)

There is still controversy about the functional disability as a risk factor for violence against the elderly among researchers as evidenced by the numerous discussions in the literature. The aims of the research are to determine how elderly assess their functional capability, and to examine the relationship between functional ability of elderly people with violence experienced by older persons in the family. The results (N=968) indicates that older people show a relatively good functional capability, although older men have reported better functional capability than older women as well as the functional capability declines as age increase. Better functional capability has been reported by higher educated elderly. Correlation analysis has shown that elderly that reported poorer functional capability at the same time appear to have more experienced psychological violence. Accelerated longitudinal studies of risk and protection factors of certain forms of family violence are needed in order to understand specific causes of domestic violence, as well as the mechanisms that facilitate coping with elderly abuse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Među istraživačima još uvijek postoji nesuglasje oko funkcionalne (ne)sposobnosti kao činitelja rizika za nasilje nad starijim osobama o čemu svjedoče brojne rasprave u literaturi. Stoga su ciljevi istraživanja bili 1) utvrditi kako starije osobe procjenjuju svoje funkcionalnu sposobnost, te 2) ispitati povezanost funkcionalne sposobnost starijih osoba s nasiljem koje doživljavaju u obitelji. Rezultati su pokazali (N=968) da starije osobe iskazuju relativno dobru funkcionalnu sposobnost, iako muškarci u starijoj dobi iskazuju bolju funkcionalnu sposobnost nego starije žene te da funkcionalna sposobnost opada s porastom dobi. Starije osobe nižeg obrazovanja iskazuju lošije rezultate na skali funkcionalne sposobnosti, dok starije osobe sa višom školom ili fakultetom iskazuju bolje rezultate odnosno bolju funkcionalnu sposobnost. Korelacijska analiza je pokazala da starije osobe koje iskazuju lošiju funkcionalnu sposobnost istovremeno iskazuju više doživljenog psihičkog nasilja. Potrebna su akcelerirana longitudinalna istraživanja činitelja rizika i zaštite za pojedine oblike nasilja u obitelji radi spoznavanja specifičnih uzroka nasilja u obitelji, ali i mehanizmima koji olakšavaju suočavanje s doživljenim nasiljem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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